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Originally Posted by DonShaw
I am going to make a statement here about what I perceive districts should be. The events should be smaller than what we currently do in GA. The events should be no more than 24 teams, is the concept of district smaller events with more of them? Look at Michigan, they hold them in High Schools and can do that due to the smaller size.
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Hi, I attended the smallest official event in FRC last season: the
FIRST North Carolina District - UNC Asheville Event. 24 teams, two of them from out-of-district. A quirk of it being in North Carolina is that our head referee was FRC Chief Referee Aidan Browne. I asked him what would've happened if one of those teams no-showed or was busted beyond repair and declined. His answer? Because there's nothing in the manual to address that special situation, "Alliance 1 would play with two robots."
Which, while exactly what the rules dictate,
would've been the biggest load of horse manure for the #1 seed ever. They couldn't even capture, since that by rule calls for three robots. The reward for being the top seed at the event would almost certainly be a swift quarterfinal exit.
So yeah. 30-something is a healthy number.